About this course

This course is for the Antibiotics in Primary Care Point Prevalence Survey (APC-PPS) as part of the ADILA project. This project aims to investigate the proportion of antibiotic prescribing/dispensing for patients with acute infectious symptoms presenting at a site participating in the study. This course will provide you with insights and details on the study design, and the process of data collection and entry.

This course was written by the APC-PPS Project team at the CNPI at St George’s, University of London.

Learning Objectives

  • Module 1 - APC-PPS: Protocol Training: Understanding the aim, set-up, and design of the APC-PPS project;
  • Module 2 - APC-PPS: Eligibility Training: Recognise patient eligibility criteria;
  • Module 3 - APC PPS: Data Collection Training: Learn about the data entry tool for the survey, ODK

Target audience

This course is aimed at anybody who is involved in the APC-PPS at any level, whether from data collection at patient-level to data entry into ODK, site and country co-ordinators or people with interest in antibiotic prevalence surveys. This course supports the training and skills development required for the APC-PPS.  

Structure and Duration

The course is divided in three parts. You can complete the modules in any order, but modules will need to be completed successfully before a certificate can be issued. Each module will take approximately 20-30 minutes to complete.

Certification

A certificate will be issued on successful completion of each module and quiz (minimum 80%).

Note: It is not compulsory to take the quizzes; this is only if certification is desired.

Course Contents

APC-PPS: Protocol Training

Quiz

APC-PPS: Eligibility Training

Quiz

APC-PPS: Data collection Training

Quiz

Authors

Aislinn Cook, Senior Researcher, CNPI, St George’s University of London

Faran Dhaliwal, Data Manager, CNPI, St George’s University of London

Giulia Lorenzetti, Clinical Research Fellow, CNPI, St George’s University of London

Jan Goelen, Project Manager, CNPI, St George’s University of London

Catrin Moore, Principal Investigator CNPI, St George’s University of London

Koen Pouwels, Principal Investigator, University of Oxford

Mike Sharland, Chief Investigator, CNPI, St George’s University of London

Funders

ADILA is funded by the Wellcome Trust, 222051/Z/20/Z

Use and reproduction of these e-learning materials

These e-learning materials are shared on The Global Health Network with kind permission of the ADILA team.